Leeds and Catapult Partnership

[Ratscoot]

Leeds have joined forces with Catapult leading sports technology firm who helped Liecester last year and look what happened to them

http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article ... artnership

[The Subhuman]

more good news...cracking off season

[beer belly bert]

Leeds have joined forces with Catapult leading sports technology firm who helped Liecester last year and look what happened to them

http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article ... artnership

this can only be a positive they had a lot to do with rugby league in Australia and have transferred a lot of the
good points over here to our league , things like this happening in the background is great news .

[MOTliam]

We're gonna win the league! (actually serious this time) Anyone fancy a charity bet? I say we finish in the top 2

[The Subhuman]

Agreed Liam, if we get a little luck we're a force this season. We don't need that much. Centre back maybe and some pace down the wing. Teams very seldom add 10 plus players and do well the following season. Continuity is the way forward for those less well off.

[MOTliam]

Yeah I think that's just what we need. Exactly what you said. WAGU

[John in Louisiana]

Do they provide analytics for performance with/without beards?

[The Subhuman]

I'm a big believer in metrics and I would at least look at players the same way they do in the NFL...3 cone, 40, bench press, vertical and long would all help us make good decisions when signing players. Bench would give us a strength metric...low BP would suggest a player easily pushed off the ball, Forty would give us an acceleration metric, three cone would give us agility, the ability to change direction quickly (I'd bet Messi' 3 cone would be real quick. Wood would be defensive tackle slow) Vertical gives us how high they can jump. (Would you sign a target man that couldn't jump?)

[Crude]

This move could catapult us out of the Championship!

[The Subhuman]

Well someone had to go there

[Crude]

[John in Louisiana]

Was privileged to see the original cast of Spamalot on Broadway.

Still have the t-shirt with "Fetchez la Vache" printed on it.

[Gurj]

Agreed Liam, if we get a little luck we're a force this season. We don't need that much. Centre back maybe and some pace down the wing. Teams very seldom add 10 plus players and do well the following season. Continuity is the way forward for those less well off.

We dont need much ?!

Sorry mate, but we need at least 5 or 6 more first team players in my opinion to be competitive. 2 new central defenders, 2 strikers ( 1 unknown already in, we need one proven championship level player), someone to replace Bridcutt ( if he doesnt come) plus a proper winger with real pace. I am not talking about Boytaka/Dalllas type average speed. I mean someone to frighten defenders.